ARAGALLUS LAMBERTI


Homeopathy medicine Aragallus Lamberti from William Boericke’s Pocket manual of homoeopathic materia medica, comprising the characteristic and guiding symptoms of all remedies, published in 1906…


White Loco Weed-Rattle Weed

Acts principally on nervous system, producing a bewildered, confused state. Symptoms of incoordination and paralysis. Locomotor ataxia. Tired in the morning.

Mind.–Great depression; worse in morning or evening. Cannot study. Cross, irritable, restless. Bewildered. Mental confusion and apathy. Desires to be alone. Difficulty in concentrating mind, absent-minded. Lack of ambition. Defective expression in writing. Restlessness and aimless wandering. Must concentrate his mind on walking.

Head.–Diplopia. Burning in eyes. Cracking of lower lip.

Throat.–Aches. Feels dull. Sore with nausea. Pharynx dark, swollen, glazed.

Respiratory.–Weight on chest in region of ensiform cartilage. Constriction as of a wide band. Soreness of chest under sternum. Oppression.

Extremities.–Weakness of limbs. Pain in left sciatic nerve. Cramps of muscles on front of leg while walking.

Relationship.–Compare: Astragallus and Oxytropis, two varieties of Loco Weed; also Baryta.

Dose.–Sixth and two hundredth potencies.

William Boericke
William Boericke, M.D., was born in Austria, in 1849. He graduated from Hahnemann Medical College in 1880 and was later co-owner of the renowned homeopathic pharmaceutical firm of Boericke & Tafel, in Philadelphia. Dr. Boericke was one of the incorporators of the Hahnemann College of San Francisco, and served as professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics. He was a member of the California State Homeopathic Society, and of the American Institute of Homeopathy. He was also the founder of the California Homeopath, which he established in 1882. Dr. Boericke was one of the board of trustees of Hahnemann Hospital College. He authored the well known Pocket Manual of Materia Medica.